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Historical Event on 1/10/1996

27th International Film Festival of India begins in New Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/20/1994Chinese film 'Farewell, My Concubine' and Adoor Gopalakrishnan's 'Vidheyan' adjudged best Foreign and Indian films in the 25th International Film Festival at Calcutta.
3/1/1905Karmaveer Bhausaheb Hire was born.
11/18/1727Maharaja Jai Singh-II of Amber laid the stone of Jaipur City. Vidyadhar Chakravarty of Bengal was the architect of the first planned city in India.
5/23/1993Channa Reddy,Rajasthan Governor, shifted to Tamil Nadu. Motilal Vohra appointed in UP and B. Satyanarayan Reddy moved to Orissa.
9/26/1956Laxmanrao Kirloskar, great social reformer, industrialist, patriot and founder of the Kirloskar Industries, passed away at the age of 88.
8/10/1989Panchayatraj' and 'Nagarpalika' bills were passed in Parliament's Lok Sabha.
8/20/1933Mahatma Gandhi is rushed to the hospital on the fourth day of his latest fast.
9/19/1996India Development Forum pledges $7b. to India.
12/12/1999R. K. Raghavan, CBI Director, said the agency will be ready for probe again in Priyadarshini Matto murder case.
11/2/2000John Wright is appointed India coach by the BCCI.